Accidents - Thermal or sound insulation materials - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,539
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	236
6-15 years old:	166
16-25 years old:	182
26-50 years old:	1,486
50+ years old:	467

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,182	Finger:	326
All Of Body:	260	Hand:	220
Unkown:	84	Upper Trunk:	83
Knee:	68	Neck:	68
Ear:	68	Shoulder:	53
Internal:	30	Lower Arm:	30
Face:	30	Lower Trunk:	16
Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
LT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-GOT A PIECE OF *** INSULATION IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
11 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS IN APARTMENT COUGHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF *** DX: FINGER LAC DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
FB R EYE.? INSULATION.DX CORNEAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Floors or flooring materials
61YOM WAS IN ATTICK TRIPPED&FELL THROUGH INSULATION, FELL ONTO CONCRETE GARAGE FLOOR, HIT R SIDE ON DRESSER DX:CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT STATES HE WAS EXPOSED TO GLASS WOOL. ?POSSIBLY ***. BREATHED IT IN W HILE SLEEPING. RASH ON EARS, LEGS, ARM X 1 YR. D: RASH, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT C/O PAIN & SWELLING & REDNESS R KNEE PT GETTING PIECE OF INSULATIONO UT OF KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
HURT FINGER REMOVING INSULATION DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY IN GI AFTER SWALLOWING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING INSULATION W/KNIFE AT HOME AND SLIPPED. DX: PW L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
WORKING WITH INSULATION AND HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. ACUTE EXACERBATION OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
FB SENSATION OD. ?PIECE OF *** OR ROCK. DX; FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Ceilings and walls
PT JUST HAD HER CONDO REDONE AND NEW INSULATION WAS PLACED IN THE WALLS DEVELOPED HIVES AND TEARING EYES ALLERGIC REACTION TO INSULATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
43 YOMC WORKED WITH INSULATION A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND HAS FELT SHORT OF BREATH, COUGH AND SORE THROAT/ NO DX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
GOT *** IN EYE WHILE INSTALLING IT CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Ceilings and walls
FELL YEST PUTTING IN INSULATION,WENT THROUGH CEILING.R HIP PAIN.DRANK 4 QTS OF BEER TODAY.DX CONT,STRAIN R HIP & GROIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: CLEANING OUT ATTIC, STIRRED UP *** DUST FROM INSU LATION AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
FB R EYE-? ***.OCCURRED WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE.DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVIT IS OD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT APPLYING *** INSULATION AT HOME GOT SOME IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
ANIMAL BITE R 3RD FING/44YOF WAS BITTEN ON R 3RD FINGER BY UNKNOWN ANIM AL WHILE STUFFING INSULATION INTO CRAWL SPACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
RASH TO BOTH HANDS AFTER WORKING IN INSULATION 2 DAYS AGO C/O HTN DX: HYPERTENSION AND CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
46 YO MALE REMOVED *** INSULATION - ITCH RASH RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Ceilings and walls
PT REMOVING INSULATION FROM CEILING COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY L THUMB A T SISTERS, ACUTE L THUMB PARONYCHIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
CHILD PLAYING IN BACKYARD WHEN EXPOSED TO *** AND DUST AS MOM CLEANED. EYES ARE RED. D: ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PATIENT, WHO WORKED WITH *** INSULATION AND ALSO HAD BLUEBERRIESFOR LUN CH, COMPLAINING OF LIP, JAW, THROAT NUMBNESS. D:ALLERGIC RXN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT EXPOSED TO *** COMPLAINT OF ITCHING, CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PATIENT INGESTED * AT HOME. DX-INGESTION *.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
RT EYE FB-GOT A PIECE OF *** IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
RT CORNEAL FB-WHILE INSTALLING INSULATION-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Vacuum cleaners
47 YR OLD WITH SOMETHING IN HER EYE. SHE WAS VACUUMING ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
RASH TO HANDS PLAYING WITH INSULATION DX: DRMATITIS TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
RASH TO HANDS HANDLING INSULATION DX DERMATITIS TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT GOT INSULATION INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PACKING INSULATION IN ATTIC,GOT FIBERS IN EYE,FOR BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
INSULATION (***) IRRITATED SKIN- RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT WAS WORKING WITH INSULATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
ITCHING EYES AND SKIN AFTER EXPOSURE TO INSULATION. DX: CONTACT DERMATI TIS, RIGHT EYE AND SKIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
R/O FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE, PATIENT STATES THEY WERE AROUND *** 1DAY PTA DAY PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT QUESTION ATE INSULATION DRIED FORMALDEHYDE, POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL E XPOSURE APPEARS STABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
C/O *** INSULATION IN LEFT EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
FOREIGN BODY FOOT - CHILD WAS WALKING BAREFOOT AND GOT PIECES OF METAL *** INTO BOTH FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT STATES GOT A PC OF INSULATION IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
WORKING ON CAR FB FLEW INTO EAR, THINKS IT'S *** FB CORNEA FB CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
STUDENT, WHO WORKED AROUND *** YESTERDAY, COMPLAINING OF EYE PAIN. D: I RITIS, POSSIBLE CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT C/O OF INGESTION OF * C/O PAIN DX; INGESTED * DX; INGESTED FIBERGLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
58 YOM INSTALLING INSULATION STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
VOMITING - HAD BEEN AROUND *** IN NEW HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
LT EYELID ? ALLERGIC REACTION-@ HOME-WHILE INSTALLING *** INSUL ATION I N HIS ATTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
CORNEAL ABRASION OD - SOMETHING IN EYE AFTER WORKING ON WOOD AND *** IBERGLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
CORNEAL ULCER - FELL FACE FIRST INTO INSULATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
CUTTING ***, SLIPPED AND PIECE WENT INTO FINGER/ FB RT THUMB B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PATIENT WOKE WITH EYE SWELLING AND REDNESS, FAMILY TEARING OUT INS ULATION IN OLD HOUSE; CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
INSULATION IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials, Ceilings and walls
PT COMPLAINT OF SHOULDER PAIN INSTALLING INSULATION IN CEILING, ACUTE BURSITIS L SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Thermal or sound insulation materials
PT DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION TO FACE - MOM STATES THAT CHILD EXPOSED TO ** * PARTICLES WHILE IN SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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